The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 2088
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
8:03 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 356,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2053
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 339.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 13m / 17.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.54° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.72° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.72° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.